Update as of April 25, 2018: “SC recognizes divorce in marriage with foreigners” (Rappler) The Supreme Court (SC) en banc issued a l...

What is the policy of the State with regards sexual harassment? The State values the dignity of every individual, enhances the development...

A very positive, recent development in our laws is the promulgation into law of Republic Act 9288 or the Newborn Screening Act of 2004. You ...

Update as of August 13, 2010: Senator Loren Legarda filed SB No. 1439 entitled “ Solo Parents Welfare Act of 2010 .” The bill seeks to am...

Update: Supreme Court rules that RA 9262 cases cannot be mediated The non-referral of a VAWC (violence against women and children) ...

Summary: 1. The Supreme Court denied actress Amy Perez’s petition to have her marriage to musician Brix Ferraris declared void on the ba...

Two weeks ago, various newspapers reported the Supreme Court’s 9-5 decision in the Estrada vs. Escritor case, a landmark decision involving ...

How should individual Christians, pastors and churches respond to the issue of spousal abuse? For the answers to this vital question, please...

RA 9262 penalizes psychological violence as defined in Section 3 thereof. For a discussion of what psychological violence or emotional abuse...

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